Hi all, I'm looking for some advice and help regarding Uninterruptible Power Supplies.
Firstly, should I be leaving my UPS powered on 24/7 even if the connected devices are off; not just plugged into the mains but actually on and ready to go?
I've been reading that they're designed to be on 24/7 and switching them off every day/night will cause battery drain while they're off and therefore a constant need to recharge every time they're powered back on, but everything I know about batteries and charging is you don't leave them on all the time because they end up charging every time they drop just 1% charge, so I'm confused and conflicted.
The second question is regarding a Windows 10 desktop PC connected to the UPS - are there any settings within the OS that I must change or config?
Because I'm having an issue where my UPS' software is set to auto shutdown after 15 minutes without mains power, but most of the time the instant the power goes off the system immediately shuts down like Windows is forcing an instant shutdown on switching to battery. Even weirder is it's not repeatable every time, it sometimes works as it should by powering the system for 15 minutes or until the mains power returns, but the majority of the time it just instantly triggers a shutdown.
Appreciate any help regarding these two.
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Firstly, should I be leaving my UPS powered on 24/7 even if the connected devices are off; not just plugged into the mains but actually on and ready to go?
I've been reading that they're designed to be on 24/7 and switching them off every day/night will cause battery drain while they're off and therefore a constant need to recharge every time they're powered back on, but everything I know about batteries and charging is you don't leave them on all the time because they end up charging every time they drop just 1% charge, so I'm confused and conflicted.
The second question is regarding a Windows 10 desktop PC connected to the UPS - are there any settings within the OS that I must change or config?
Because I'm having an issue where my UPS' software is set to auto shutdown after 15 minutes without mains power, but most of the time the instant the power goes off the system immediately shuts down like Windows is forcing an instant shutdown on switching to battery. Even weirder is it's not repeatable every time, it sometimes works as it should by powering the system for 15 minutes or until the mains power returns, but the majority of the time it just instantly triggers a shutdown.
Appreciate any help regarding these two.
[Edit] = to add more context
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